A well-illustrated reveler called Mad Alan (his real name, he says) celebrates the summer solstice with the rising of the sun at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, Englad. He was joined by modern druids and other pagan individuals at the prehistoric landmark.

Mad Alan greets the longest day of the year: A well-illustrated... Photo-6489431.88427 - SFGate

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Jolly Jerries:

Military history enthusiasts dressed as German troops stage a re-enactment of the 1941 battle near the village of Ivanovskoye, about 20 miles from Moscow, during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. They are in particularly good humor considering the Wehrmacht advance will never capture the Russian capital.

At the zoo in Amneville, France, Watson the sea lion chooses from among three boxes containing flags representing the possible outcomes of the France-Honduras World Cup match. The pinniped picked the French flag as he previously did in the France-Switzerland match, which France won. Mais bien sur! Like he's not going to back the home team.

A torchlight is placed next to a soldier's gravesite at Douaumont's Boneyard
during an annual event known as "The Four Days of Verdun." Veterans paraded at night to
commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun in eastern France.